Wednesday Winds

Posted January 17th, 2012 by Adam Musyt. 23 comments

A strong cold front is crossing Central New York late this evening.  AN intense pressure gradient between areas near the area of low pressure and frontal boundary and areas away from this system is causing very gusty winds across the local area.  As of 11 PM, winds have gusted as high as 60 mph at Syracuse Airport.  High wind warnings are in effect through Wednesday for Oneida, Lewis, Madison, Chenango and Otsego counties, with wind advisories in effect for the rest of Central New York.

 

Colder air is already filtering into Western New York in the wake of the frontal passage.  In fact, after reaching a high of 45 degrees on Tuesday afternoon, daytime temperatures Wednesday will struggle to reach much above 20 degrees with a polar air mass regaining control.

 

Thanks to the arrival of cold air, lake effect snow has developed off of Lake Erie and we'll see lake effect snow from Lake Ontario locally through the early morning hours.  Temperatures will fall quickly through the early morning hours, making for the potential of black ice by the morning commute.  Keep in mind the possibility of tricky travel.  Latest information suggests that the lake effect won't be very long lasting, with dry air expected to kill the bands by later Wednesday afternoon.  Still, a few fluffy inches will accumulate in some areas by then.

 

High pressure will provide clear skies and cold overnight temperatures for Wednesday Night.  Another disturbance will likely bring a round of light snow to the area by the end of the day Thursday.

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  1. Abominable (Whitesboro):

    Welcome back! I’ve been jonesing for the blog since 5 AM, lol. It could not go down when it is sunny and 80?

    Moderate flurries here in the village, was much stronger a couple hours ago. Winds have dissipated somewhat here, still blowing the snow around but nothing like earlier. I have a large piece of gutter and some branches down here.

    Posted January 18th at 8:22 AM

  2. Denys (East Winfield):

    24 degrees this morning. Moderate snow faling. I thought it was me, but my email didn’t go through either!

    Posted January 18th at 8:23 AM

  3. Bill Kardas (WKTV):

    Welcome back! Here’s a look at some peak wind gusts overnight:

    62mph gust in Syracuse at 11:59pm
    54mph gust in Rome at 2:43am

    These numbers are coming directly from the METAR.

    Posted January 18th at 8:31 AM

  4. Bill Kardas (WKTV):

    Our website went down for several hours this morning, but as you can see it’s back online. Unfortunately when the website goes, so goes the blog :(

    Posted January 18th at 8:33 AM

  5. Mel (Westernville):

    Down to 21 degrees here with snow blowing around. Can’t really measure anything that has fallen so far. Everyone probably already heard but they measured a 105mph wind gust on top of the carrier dome last night:

    http://t.co/fUVps6OE

    Posted January 18th at 8:43 AM

  6. Bill Kardas (WKTV):

    I saw that article. It seems absurd at first, but keep in mind the instrument is located on the roof, 164 feet above the ground. Winds will be much higher just above the surface. Also, being in a city environment, funneling is possible too, potentially enhancing the wind.

    The surface winds at that time were much lower, around 60mph.

    Posted January 18th at 8:47 AM

  7. sue (fairfield):

    ok…..the winds are not nice at all out there…..nasty…got a peak of 73 at 3:16am…..blew our water tank for our garden into the fence

    Posted January 18th at 9:51 AM

  8. Tom (Richfield Springs):

    Glad to see you back!! Windy with flurries, sun one minute and white-out the next, typical January weather.

    Posted January 18th at 10:09 AM

  9. Bill Kardas (WKTV):

    Today’s video blog…

    http://www.wktv.com/weather/video-blog/Mid-week—-Mid-January-137567403.html

    Posted January 18th at 10:45 AM

  10. sue (fairfield):

    just checked the records from yesterday and forgot about a 60mph gust at 11:50pm

    Posted January 18th at 11:23 AM

  11. Bill Kardas (WKTV):

    Next snow on the list – tomorrow night with a cold front. Widespread light snow, nothing big.

    The potential for an overrunning event on Saturday. Models showing no consistency…but it has potential to bring us some snow and or mixed precipitation. If not Saturday, then we have a few more chances next week.

    Posted January 18th at 12:33 PM

  12. Nick (West Winfield,NY):

    Sweet!!The website is back:) I am liking the looks of next week on todays 12z GFS alot better than what it looked like earlier this week…. longrange models are really stinky right now….changes so much.

    Posted January 18th at 12:53 PM

  13. Randy HP (Holland Patent):

    I thinking I am seeing this correctly, the GFS precipitation 138 to 150 hours is showing a pretty good snow storm for next Tuesday. Long ways out, but am I seeing this correctly???

    Posted January 18th at 1:05 PM

  14. Nick (West Winfield,NY):

    Randy I see what you are seeing…although I dont think it would be all snow, I think more of a rain/mix changing to snow. Its not a very strong low too.But again that far out anything can happen..I look more at the 850s than anything,but even that can be not that good too.

    Posted January 18th at 1:34 PM

  15. Mel (Westernville):

    Here is the updated long range – another January thaw might be in the works:
    http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/predictions/610day/610temp.new.gif

    Posted January 18th at 1:46 PM

  16. Jimmy (New Hartford):

    Had .7 of snow this morning. Temps here got to 47 last night before the front and killed just about all of the snowpack before this morning.

    Posted January 18th at 2:52 PM

  17. Anthony (Oriskany [Elevation 565 ft.]):

    I am wondering why I seemed to have quite a bit of snow, probably around 2”. Rome didn’t seem to have much and Jimmy reported only 0.7” I never had a chance to see the radar, so not sure if I had synoptic + LES.

    Posted January 18th at 3:35 PM

  18. Tony-CNYWeather.com (Westmo):

    There was around 2” here this morning also Anthony. Came down fast and furious. I think Rob had 1.6” also.

    There was maybe 1” at my store in NH too.

    Posted January 18th at 6:27 PM

  19. Rob (Whitesboro):

    Yeah I had 1.8”. Couldn’t get on the blog this morning.

    Posted January 18th at 6:52 PM

  20. Anthony (Oriskany [Elevation 565 ft.]):

    Thanks guys. There seemed to be a sharp cutoff North of Route 49.

    Posted January 18th at 7:23 PM

  21. Randy HP (Holland Patent):

    Yeah Nick, I originally just looked at the precip panels. I took a look at the 850s and it looks like the first third would be rain or mixed. After that, the storm appears to stall and dump a lot of snow, but, of course, that is a long range forecast and we all know what happens with that (unless it is forecasting all rain, then it comes to fruition).

    Posted January 18th at 7:54 PM

  22. Ralph L (New Hartford ( 900 ft )):

    The long term forecast for next week looks to be colder than previously thought. Starting to look more like winter.

    Posted January 18th at 11:06 PM

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